Add type conversion for /setvar commands with index

public/scripts/utils.js

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { isMobile } from './RossAscends-mods.js';
 import { collapseNewlines } from './power-user.js';
 import { debounce_timeout } from './constants.js';
 import { Popup, POPUP_RESULT, POPUP_TYPE } from './popup.js';
+import { SlashCommandClosure } from './slash-commands/SlashCommandClosure.js';
 
 /**
  * Pagination status string template.
@@ -33,6 +34,74 @@ export function isValidUrl(value) {
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Converts string to a value of a given type. Includes pythonista-friendly aliases.
+ * @param {string|SlashCommandClosure} value String value
+ * @param {string} type Type to convert to
+ * @returns {any} Converted value
+ */
+export function convertValueType(value, type) {
+    if (value instanceof SlashCommandClosure || typeof type !== 'string') {
+        return value;
+    }
+
+    type = type.trim().toLowerCase();
+
+    switch (type) {
+        case 'string':
+        case 'str':
+            return String(value);
+
+        case 'null':
+            return null;
+
+        case 'undefined':
+        case 'none':
+            return undefined;
+
+        case 'number':
+            return Number(value);
+
+        case 'int':
+            return parseInt(value, 10);
+
+        case 'float':
+            return parseFloat(value);
+
+        case 'boolean':
+        case 'bool':
+            return isTrueBoolean(value);
+
+        case 'list':
+        case 'array':
+            try {
+                const parsedArray = JSON.parse(value);
+                if (Array.isArray(parsedArray)) {
+                    return parsedArray;
+                }
+                throw new Error('Value is not an array.');
+            } catch {
+                return [];
+            }
+
+        case 'object':
+        case 'dict':
+        case 'dictionary':
+            try {
+                const parsedObject = JSON.parse(value);
+                if (typeof parsedObject === 'object') {
+                    return parsedObject;
+                }
+                throw new Error('Value is not an object.');
+            } catch {
+                return {};
+            }
+
+        default:
+            return value;
+    }
+}
+
 /**
  * Parses ranges like 10-20 or 10.
  * Range is inclusive. Start must be less than end.